#introduction

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? i don't have chickens but i have had ducks for over a year (2) How many chickens do you have right now? i have 5 ducks (3) What breeds do you have? Khaki Campbell, Peking, Cayuga (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard...

It's been a long time since I have had chickens.. I've forgotten a lot of important info, so we're relearning as we go. 6 hens, 2 ducklings, 2 young guineas, 6 pullets, and 17 four week old chicks that were unsure of. Don't know or remember any of there breeds. Need help with that. I know...

Hi everyone, thought I'd make a little introduction post since I just made this account. I've had chickens my whole life, but got more in to them recently during Covid. I have somewhere near 40 right now, but that number will be growing shortly. I have many breeds, standard size, bantam, and the...

Hi! I'm Emmaly, and I've been raising chickens my entire life. The past 4 years however, I started to take it a lot more seriously. I got into researching breeds, genetics, diet, etc. and at this point I think I'm just addicted to chickens. I raise mainly Bantam Cochins, Sebrights, and Easter...

Being a veterinarian and studying genetics as a hobby, I inevitably stumbled across chickens. The more contact I had with them the more I grew fond of these beautiful animals: My partner's family raises hybrids for egg production and occasionally I'd help with stable work. Additionally, our...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am very new to the chicken world. We have always raised beef cattle, so chickens are completely new to us. I became very interested in them because they are a natural exterminator for our very robust bug population. So far, we are...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes I am new to chickens, I got my first chickens a couple of weeks back. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Two. (3) What breeds do you have? Im not quite sure, this is the reason I made an account here. (4) What are your...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens actually :) I managed to raise up some hens but the coop was raided by predators and most of my hens were eaten. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 8 one adult, a young fully feathered pullet, and 6...

Hi! My name is Lucy and I have been owning chickens for 4 years (since 2017). I currently have 8 hens- four of which are chicks from May of 2021. I have buffs, easter eggers, welsummers, and a golden laced wyandotte. My favorite aspect of raising backyard chickens is the responsibility they give...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I grew up on a small farm on a small farm in Glouscestershire England. Having pigs, chickens, and geese. In my first marriage of 10 years we owned a ranch for boarding and breaking horses as well as a productive and sustaining...

3 of the 4 chicks that I got were presumed males— the woman I got them from is reputable and rescues the roos. She traded me 3 presumed females for my very hand raised boys. I miss them but I can’t have roosters here! They’re about 4 weeks old, maybe a bit older. The new Olive egger chick and...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, recently our family bought a paint Silkie, a Lavender Orpington, and our two black Silkie/Ameraucana are our first chickens. We have had our Orp and paint for two months, and so far our Orp looks like a pullet, and I don't see...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I reallyyyy like chickens!!!! they're super fluffy and cool and so i got some recently for eggs! in my soup~! I got them recentlyy (2) How many chickens do you have right now? i haveeee (drumroll pleasee) 5!!!! five beauties all...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? -I don’t own any chickens, just a duck, this is my first time owning a duck. I’ve had her for about 2 years and 8 months now. 2) How many chickens do you have right now? -I don’t have any chickens, I have a single pet duck. She had...

I'm pretty new to raising chickens and I just started keeping chickens last year .I have 3 layers (a Rhode island Red , a Rhode island Red / Rhode island White cross , and a Plymouth Rock ) and one rooster ( a Wellsummer ) .I am also preparing to incubate 17-19 eggs from those birds. I found...

Hello, everyone! I just wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself and my flock. I am a wife, mom and Maw maw to a wonderful family living in southern West Virginia and keeping a tiny urban flock of feathered friends. I have Australorps, a Silver Laced Wyandotte and a barred Plymouth...